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We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees

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08/12/2020

We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees By: Becca Heller, Executive ... Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) For those working in the fields of protecting the rights of refugees and asylum ... to...

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UPDATE: Foundations Cannot Waver in Face of Latest Census Challenges

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07/10/2019

UPDATE: Foundations Cannot Waver in Face of Latest Census Challenges By Patricia Swann, Sr. Program Officer at The New York Community Trust , on behalf of the New York State Census Equity Fund ... The Trump...

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A Commitment to Deep Change in 2025 - Launching a Philanthropic Toolkit for Transformational Systems Change

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12/13/2024

A Commitment to Deep Change in 2025 - Launching a ... and common humanity. CCL image 1.png While shifts toward trust -based philanthropy are underway, we believe that more ... of...

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NYCT Seeks Applicants for the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program

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03/12/2015

... Program The ninth cycle of the New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards program kicks off today. ... through the process, will begin later this month. As a leading funder of nonprofit technical and...

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NYCT Announces Retirement of Patricia Jenny VP of Grants

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10/18/2018

... of Patricia Jenny VP of Grants The New York Community Trust announces the retirement of Patricia Jenny, Vice President for Grants, in early February 2019. Pat has been at The Trust for 35...

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Inequality Is the Problem—What’s Our Response?

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07/02/2014

... economic and social consequences to mounting inequality in the United States. Social policies can mitigate inequality ... Inequality is all over the headlines these days. From the mayor of New York, to...

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Simons Foundation Supports CUNY Graduate Center to Diversify Astrophysics Education

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02/09/2022

... igniting the imaginations of many as they learn about it from television shows or news of space exploration. Like many other STEM fields, though, it lags in attracting students of color. Studies have shown the...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces their Newest Leadership Fellow

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09/27/2022

... The Heckscher Foundation welcomes John Mogulescu , a remarkable education leader, as a Heckscher Leadership ... November 1, 2022. Designed after similar programs in the private equity world...

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42nd Annual Meeting Recap - Looking Back, Moving Forward

... as we acknowledged the racialized inequity entrenched in philanthropy and examined the structures we want to ... at an institutional and interpersonal level. It was a time for our sector to reflect on our past...

After the Election, Building the Beloved Community

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11/23/2016

... Re-posted with permission from the Ford Foundation . A new season has begun, but the contemplations and ... address. This is the work we are all now engaged in . It is vital work, and I am...

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NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence, Protect First Amendment Rights, Build Young Leaders and More

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04/12/2017

... More (April 12, 2017) NEW YORK - The New York Community Trust recently approved more than $5.6 million in grants to help 54 nonprofits. The grants will help some ... immigrants face threats of deportation and...

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A Recipe for Managing in Difficult Times

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05/14/2009

... sorting through some office files recently, I came across a speech I gave in December 1990 at the annual meeting of the Nonprofit ... and grantseekers—had learned something from the fiscal...

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Powerful Networks: Working Across Borders to Reconnect Separated Families

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01/20/2021

... probably remember the recording from 2018: leaked audio of a 6-year-old girl from El Salvador crying for her family. The ... organizations (and Tinker Foundation grantees) Justice in...

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Five Nonprofits Win Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize for Outstanding Commitment to Racial Justice

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01/12/2022

... only honor celebrating nonprofits advancing racial justice in the borough. The five winning organizations will receive ... serve their communities and grow. Each year, we convene a committee of leaders...

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New Study, Supported By The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, Finds College Brings Significant Benefits to Single Mothers and Society

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06/06/2018

... their lifetimes and are 69 percent less likely to live in poverty than single mothers with only high school, with ... Research (IWPR). The analysis finds that investments in services such as child care and...

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Immigrant Youth in NYC: Programs, Practices and Policy

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8:45am to 11:00am

View resources from this program. Join us for a discussion that will focus on immigrant youth issues in New York City. We will hear from the NYC Commissioner ... (Moderator),...

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Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

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07/15/2013

... Environments, Surdna Foundation As it turns out, quite a bit. In August 2011, farmers upstate lost billions of dollars as ... at Roxbury Farm , and Jimmy Daukas of American Farmland Trust...

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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

... Partner and Chief Client Services Officer, TCC Group In recent years, I’ve witnessed two interesting trends in ... resonant with community foundations. First, there has been a backlash...

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Loren Harris of the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Don Chen at Ford, Weigh In On The 7 Deadly Sins of Philanthropy

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03/15/2018

... Nathan Cummings Foundation and Don Chen at Ford, Weigh In On The 7 Deadly Sins of Philanthropy Merriam-Webster ... action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible; or a serious shortcoming or fault.” On...

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